By Liz Jones VE Volunteer from Atlanta, USA Twice a year VE puts on a talent/art show for all of the institutions. Everyone submits a bunch of artwork and the kids have a chance to perform. They can dance, sing, or play an instrument. The artwork and the performances are all judged and some of […]
Festival de Arte, Hogar Fundación Promesa
April’s Liga de Deportes featured a basketball workshop with some of our talented volunteers leading drills and basketball games. After the main activity, the kids took a break with a snack of whole wheat pan con palta, carrot sticks, apple slices, bananas, and nuts, and of course plenty of water to rehydrate them after all the basketball […]
Liga de Deportes
By Isabelle Kraus VE Volunteer from Colorado, USA Before I started seriously planning where I wanted to go and what I was going to do as a volunteer in Central or South America after graduating from college, I knew I had to find financial help first. As a college graduate, I would not have nearly […]
Extended Stay, Hogar Fundación Promesa, Volunteer Grants
The theme during April’s Festival de Arte was “Soy Yo” (“This is Me”), in which the volunteers let self-reflective art workshops with the kids in their placement organization prior to Festival. And during Festival, the kids’ artwork was displayed, with the best, most thoughtful pieces, given awards. Festival is also a time for the kids to express […]
Festival de Arte
Check out the winning design of our alumni T-Shirt competition. Congratulations to alumni volunteer, Jen Spindler from the September 2010 class, whose T-Shirt is now available to buy in the VE merchandise store. Available in a range of colors in both women’s and men’s styles, make sure to get yours today. $5.00 from every purchase […]
